..excerpt from "The Kadazandusun Genesis and Traditional Worldviews" by Benedict Topin, about the punishments from Kinoingan to the sinful human...

Not desiring to lose humans forever, it was necessary to remind them of their vulnerability and nothingness without the loving providence of their omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent Creators. From the Heavens then, were sent seven scourges of varying severity.